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The Boring Company sold 10,000 flamethrowers within 48 hours. Billionaire Elon Musk joked on Jan. 29, 2018, via Twitter that he is not trying to orchestrate a zombie apocalypse. (Image: The Boring Company via Ars Technica) more >

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk laughed off conspiracy theories over the weekend that his latest money-maker is linked with an orchestrated zombie apocalypse.

The man behind Tesla, the Boring Company, and SpaceX has parlayed his business skills into another lucrative market — flamethrowers. Mr. Musk, 46, addressed sales of the equipment Monday along with a conspiracy theory out of “The Walking Dead.”

The rumor that I’m secretly creating a zombie apocalypse to generate demand for flamethrowers is completely false

“The rumor that I’m secretly creating a zombie apocalypse to generate demand for flamethrowers is completely false,” Mr. Musk joked via Twitter. “You’d need millions of zombies for a so-called ‘apocalypse’ anyway. Where would I even get a factory big enough to make so many!?”